Soft Lenses
Advances in Optics Drive Soft Lens Success
Achieving crisp vision for all refractive errors in a hydrogel material was no easy task. Let’s look at the stumbling blocks and successes that brought today’s lenses to life.
04/15/2021
Replaceable Lenses, Irreplaceable Progress
Contact lens wear schedules overcame early growing pains, leading to today’s healthier, multi-wearing schedule options.
04/15/2021
Manufacturing a Brand-New Industry
From humble origins, soft contact lens production ramped up as continual innovations paved the way for a half-century of progress.
04/15/2021
Material Gains: 50 Years of the Soft Contact Lens
A closer look at the evolution of lens materials and what comes next.
04/15/2021
The FTC’s One-Two Punch
Patient safety and prescriber sanity were not priorities of the recent rule change.
09/15/2020
Soft or Scleral Lenses for Dry Eye Patients?
Determine the best option that treats your patient’s symptoms and expectations.
05/15/2020
The How and Why of Contact Lens Deposits
Optometrists need a comprehensive understanding of this complication to help patients avoid it.
05/15/2020
Multifocal Optics Explored
Recent research may give insight on how to better implement these lenses for presbyopic patients.
03/15/2020
Presbyopia: Knowing is Half the Battle
Many of these patients require some type of refractive correction but aren’t even aware of their contact lens options.
03/15/2020
Blink Mechanics: Why it Matters
This incredibly important function has huge implications for dry eye and contact lens wear, especially when it goes awry.
02/15/2020
